The U.S. economy has been though the wringer and now Gary Shilling, president of A. Gary Shilling & Co., says things are not going to improve any time soon. In a video interview Shilling warns that we should brace for more hits to the economy. Here's what's coming and how to handle it.

Henry Paulson's just-published memoir "On the Brink" recalls the financial crisis as it unfolded in the fall of 2008. Far from a gossipy tell-all, it devotes the bulk of its pages to the cautionary tale of how the world's financial system nearly collapsed -- and what he tried to do about it.